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Botanical motifs and mark-making are often closely linked as symbolic languages through which painters make sense of the natural world and explore interconnectedness. By interpreting and understanding naturally occurring patterns, movements, and designs in the universe, artists frequently draw from nature ways to construct their own visual environments and systems of knowledge.

The Voynich Manuscript exemplifies the convergence of these elements in the creation of an original visual and philosophical system. Discovered in 1992 by rare books dealer Wilfred Voynich, the Voynich Manuscript is a …